KC Star Sports Editor Lawton resigns

We have been informed by a source at the Kansas City Star that the newspaper has officially announced the resignation of Holly Lawton as Sports Editor.
She denied her resignation had anything to do with a perceived conflict with Jason Whitlock.
"Nope, not at all," she told Bottom Line.

The whole Whitlock thing is weird. There are rumors that he's on his way out, so he gets on Twitter and tells people to not believe anything out of anyone's mouth but his own. And then he won't say anything else, so that answers absolutely nothing.

If Whitlock was writing about Whitlock, he would be ripping him a new one for his lack of transparency.

With the scorn Whitlock has shown other women in the industry in his various columns, message-board rants and other forums, I can't imagine he'd be all too welcoming or respectful of a boss Who Never Played The Game.

I met Holly once at APSE a few years back. I came away really impressed. Knew her stuff, and was both dynamic and down to earth in the seminar she led.

Thought in recent times she continued the excellence of The Star sports section that started under Fannin, despite the cuts in staff. I'm bummed, but The Star loses in the end. ... Hope Holly is off to better things.